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The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Life and Love of Joe Coogan

  • Episode aired Jan 22, 1964
  • TV-GTV-G
  • 30m
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8.3/10
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S3.E17
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Mary Tyler Moore and Ann Morgan Guilbert in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
  • Comedy
  • Family
By pure chance, the tall, handsome, stud bachelor Rob meets at the golf course used to write love sonnets to Laura, which she kept.By pure chance, the tall, handsome, stud bachelor Rob meets at the golf course used to write love sonnets to Laura, which she kept.By pure chance, the tall, handsome, stud bachelor Rob meets at the golf course used to write love sonnets to Laura, which she kept.
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
254
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  • Director
    • Jerry Paris
  • Writer
    • Carl Reiner
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Rose Marie
    • Morey Amsterdam
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  • Director
    • Jerry Paris
  • Writer
    • Carl Reiner
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Rose Marie
    • Morey Amsterdam
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    Dick Van Dyke
    Dick Van Dyke
    • Rob Petrieas Rob Petrie
    Rose Marie
    Rose Marie
    • Sally Rogersas Sally Rogers
    Morey Amsterdam
    Morey Amsterdam
    • Buddy Sorrellas Buddy Sorrell
    Larry Mathews
    Larry Mathews
    • Ritchie Petrieas Ritchie Petrie
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    Mary Tyler Moore
    Mary Tyler Moore
    • Laura Petrieas Laura Petrie
    Richard Deacon
    Richard Deacon
    • Mel Cooleyas Mel Cooley
    Ann Morgan Guilbert
    Ann Morgan Guilbert
    • Millie Helperas Millie Helper
    Michael Forest
    Michael Forest
    • Joe Cooganas Joe Coogan
    Johnny Silver
    Johnny Silver
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    • Director
      • Jerry Paris
    • Writer
      • Carl Reiner
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    Rob, Buddy and Mel have what they consider the most enjoyable round of golf they ever played, enjoyment in large part due to their stray fourth, a man they just met at the club named Joe Coogan. Good looking Joe mentions that he is single, has never been married and has only been in love once in his life while in college - coincidentally to a woman named Laura. As Rob and Joe discuss the issue further, Rob quickly realizes that Joe's Laura is also his Laura, which he doesn't tell Joe. When Rob later confronts Laura about her never mentioning Joe, Laura admits that she's secretly kept some mementos of her relationship with Joe, namely love sonnets he wrote to her. Rob is obviously hurt and jealous, which may increase when Laura, questioning why she kept the poems, decides to run into Joe "accidentally" at the golf course. She does and invites him home for dinner with her and Rob. Due to Rob's attitude, she doesn't tell him an important piece of information about the new Joe that would change Rob's jealous outlook, which in turn would have stopped Rob from making an inappropriate addition to the dinner party. Through it all, Laura comes to a clearer understanding about the sonnets themselves. —Huggo
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    • Trivia
      The poignant poem that Rob reads at the end, supposedly written by the character Joe Coogan, was -- like the script -- actually written by Carl Reiner.
    • Goofs
      When Rob and Joe are talking over coffee, Joe says he had only been in love once, a long time ago. He says he "was in college" when he met a girl named Laura, to whom he wrote many poems. Their relationship ended when she joined the USO as a dancer. This implies that Laura was in college or at least college-aged when he was in love with her. But in Laura's Little Lie (1963), Laura admits to being only 17 when she married Rob.
    • Quotes

      Rob Petrie: I just don't see why a happily married woman has to keep a box full of strange love sonnets hidden down in her basement.

      Laura Petrie: They're not HIDDEN in the basement.

      Rob Petrie: They're not? I didn't see any shoebox down there.

      Laura Petrie: Well, you're just not very observant, that's all, 'cause they're... lying right there.

      Rob Petrie: Where?

      Laura Petrie: By the furnace.

      Rob Petrie: There's no shoebox by that furnace.

      Laura Petrie: Well, they're there. They're... right behind some loose bricks.

    • Connections
      References Zorro (1957)

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    • Release date
      • January 22, 1964 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Desilu Cahuenga Studios, 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Calvada Productions
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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